FO: Debbie Bliss Classic Cardigan

by exercisebeforeknitting

I’m so glad so many of you liked the biscotti recipe! Oh yeah and from reading some of the comments from my last post, I think I ought to clarify that I’m up at 4:40 a.m. to shuffle along at a 10:00/mile pace, not to sprint at a 6:00/mile pace. I’m not a good runner, I’m just becoming an early one!

Pattern: Classic Cardigan from The Baby Knits Book by Debbie BlissYarn: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease in BerryNeedles: US 7Modifications: Because Debbie Bliss’ baby patterns are notoriously boxy, I made the 12-18 mos size but used the 18-24 mos sizing for length. A few months back, many of you commented that you thought that a long, skinny baby would likely grow into a long, skinny toddler so I decided that it would be best to plan on that for next winter’s crop of Beatrix sweaters.

Beatrix clearly has some growing to do before this will fit! This project has been about two-thirds finished for months now and since I didn’t have much knitting time this week, I decided to take up finishing it here and there. A simple, shapeless stockinette baby sweater is hardly good blog fodder but at least it’s out of my WIP pile.

This sweater pattern is an old standby for me but it is painful to knit. Every time I make it, I remember halfway through that I should have used raglan shaping and knit it all at once to save myself the seaming. I don’t particularly care for how bulky DB’s sleeves/shoulders are but I’m too lazy to do much math for something as simple as a baby sweater so I’ll live with the bulk. The buttons on this sweater are a bit of a disappointment too. While I love these shell buttons up close, I think they tend to fluoresce a bit from a distance so if I could do this again, I would likely choose different buttons.

What do you do when your mom makes you wear a sweater that’s too big for you?